Gold Coast Airport not expecting Qantas' loss to have big impact on local services

Mr Chant says he is not expecting Qantas' $2.8 billion loss to have much effect on its services or Jetstar flights into the Gold Coast.

However, he says there has been some drop-off in demand for all carriers.

"We're quite happy with the capacity, the loads are down a little bit, so consumer confidence right throughout Australia is a bit of a challenge and a challenge for the airlines," he said.

"It's a challenge for airports and a challenge for the tourism industry generally, so we would hope that consumer confidence does come back and that the seats we've got available are filled more regularly."

Mr Chant says there may even be some increase in capacity over the next 12 months.

"Particularly from Jetstar, who really is the model that works so well for the Gold Coast and we've worked with them for a considerable amount of time, so that they have a major hub operation here with services to virtually all over Australia, Japan and New Zealand," he said.

"So we've been working very well with them and Gold Coast has been very successful for them."